Chaudhry Atif Afzal, Raja Imran Ashraf, Fareed Hussain, Kanwal Shauzab, and Muhammad Asad Ali Khan Junejo have been cleared for one of the general seats in Islamabad.

While for the technocrat seat in the federal capital, the returning officer for Islamabad cleared names of Raja Shakil Abbasi and Mushahid Hussain Syed.

Zarqa Suharwady Taimur, Mian Marghoob Ahmad and Asad Ashraf have filed nominations on the seat that fell vacant after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Nehal Hashmi was convicted for contempt of court and consequently disqualified as member of parliament.